.......UB and I got there early to get our favorite table in the bar area and to eat. A tousled haired elderly gentleman walked by and the staff seemed to know and like him. He circulated the club, seemingly looking to find people he might know, chatting up people at several tables.
.......At some point he walked over and said hello to us. He told us George Wein was in the audience. I mentioned someone I knew that was close to George Wein. Then I asked him his name and answered Lee Konitz.
........I blurted YOU'RE LEE KONITZ! and shook his hand and told him what a thrill it was to meet him and how much I admired his work. I was able to remember the name of an album of his I love ("Yes, Yes Nonette" and he smiled and said "That's a good one" and started to talk about how he had recently been listening to his own records (as if it was something he hadn't done much until recently) and said he was enjoying them, as if he wasn't sure he would be.
.........As natural and comfortable as the conversation was, I kept saying to myself "I just talked to Lee Konitz!" I think it was more mind-blowing because we started talking before I knew it was Lee Konitz!Statistics: Posted by steve(thelil) — March 11th, 2017, 7:54 am
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